Solid-state imaging device and signal processing method

1. A solid-state imaging device comprising

a color filter including a group of dielectric layers, said color filter having high-refractive-index-material films and low-refractive-index-material films, said high-refractive-index-material films and said low-refractive-index-material films being n films and (n−1) films, respectively, which are laminated alternately, and n being an integer equal to or larger than 4,

wherein said color filter includes at least a red-transmission filter, a green-transmission filter, and a blue-transmission filter,

said group of dielectric layers is common to said red-transmission filter, said green-transmission filter, and said blue-transmission filter and includes two of said high-refractive-index-material films and one of said low-refractive-index-material films, the one of said low-refractive-index-material films being positioned between and in contact with the two of said high-refractive-index-material films, and

in said red-transmission filter, a first one of said low-refractive-index-material films and a second one of said low-refractive-index-material films, which are not included in said group of dielectric layers, have a thickness different from each other.

2. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in said green-transmission filter and said blue-transmission filter, the first one of said low-refractive-index-material films and the second one of said low-refractive-index-material films have a same thickness.

3. The solid-state imaging device according to claim 1 ,

wherein said color filter further includes a near-infrared light transmission filter in which a ratio between a thickness of the first one of said low-refractive-index-material films and a thickness of the second one of said low-refractive-index-material films ranges from 1:90 to 1:9.

4. A camera comprising a solid-state imaging apparatus that includes a solid-state imaging device arranged two-dimensionally,

wherein said solid-state imaging device includes

a color filter having a group of dielectric layers, said color filter having high-refractive-index-material films and low-refractive-index-material films, said high-refractive-index-material films and said low-refractive-index-material films being n films and (n−1) films, respectively, which are laminated alternately, and n being an integer equal to or larger than 4,

wherein said color filter includes at least a red-transmission filter, a green-transmission filter, and a blue-transmission filter,

said group of dielectric layers is common to said red-transmission filter, said green-transmission filter, and said blue-transmission filter and includes two of said high-refractive-index-material films and one of said low-refractive-index-material films, the one of said low-refractive-index-material films being positioned between and in contact with the two of said high-refractive-index-material films, and

in said red-transmission filter, a first one of said low-refractive-index-material films and a second one of said low-refractive-index-material films, which are not included in said group of dielectric layers, have a thickness different from each other.

5. A camera according to claim 4 , further comprising

an infrared cut filter disposed to face an imaging area of said solid-state imaging apparatus, said infrared cut filter cutting off a infrared light.

6. A signal processing method which uses a signal outputted from a solid-state imaging device,

wherein the solid-state imaging device includes:

light receiving elements, each of which receives one of a red light, a green light, a blue light, and a near-infrared light; and

a color filter having a group of dielectric layers, the color filter having high-refractive-index-material films and low-refractive-index-material films, the high-refractive-index-material films and the low-refractive-index-material films being n films and (n−1) films, respectively, which are laminated alternately, and n being an integer equal to or larger than 4,

the color filter including at least a red-transmission filter, a green-transmission filter, a blue-transmission filter, and a near-infrared light transmission filter,

the group of dielectric layers being common to the red-transmission filter, the green-transmission filter, the blue-transmission filter, and the near-infrared light transmission filter and including two of the high-refractive-index-material films and one of the low-refractive-index-material films, the one of low-refractive-index-material films being positioned between and in contact with the two of high-refractive-index-material films, and

in the red-transmission filter and the near-infrared light transmission filter, a first one of the low-refractive-index-material films and a second one of the low-refractive-index-material films are not included in the group of dielectric layers and have a thickness different from each other,

said signal processing method comprising:

obtaining a red signal, a green signal, a blue signal, and a near-infrared signal respective ones of the light receiving elements;

subtracting a signal from each of the red signal, the green signal, and the blue signal, the signal being obtained by multiplying the near-infrared signal by a coefficient predetermined for each of the red signal, the green signal, and the blue signal; and

performing a matrix operation using the red signal, the green signal, and the blue signal, on which said subtracting having been performed.